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so lyndon johnson at that moment became presidential. he rose to the occasion. >> you remember what he said at the signing of the '64 act? he said, i've just given the south to the republicans for the next 30 years. >> he underestimated -- >> '64, the stat that always jumps out at me -- so republicans in '64 nominated barry goldwater who joins the filibuster against civil rights. the state of mississippi, which had given fdr something like 95% of the vote gave goldwater 84% in 1964, the guy who participated in the filibuster. >> then the voting rights act of '65 was so important because that changed the face of government in the united states. just like you may have handed the south over to the gop for all those decades, but you really changed -- you changed the united states of america, you know, i think as a result of the better. >> he might have changed party labels but we need to understand that, you know, racism is racism, no matter if it's a democrat or republican. so, the notion that he signed the party away for 30 years, you know
so lyndon johnson at that moment became presidential. he rose to the occasion. >> you remember what he said at the signing of the '64 act? he said, i've just given the south to the republicans for the next 30 years. >> he underestimated -- >> '64, the stat that always jumps out at me -- so republicans in '64 nominated barry goldwater who joins the filibuster against civil rights. the state of mississippi, which had given fdr something like 95% of the vote gave goldwater 84% in...
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c-span: lyndon johnson undressed in front of you one night? >> guest: well, that was another quite funny story, because i was at his 34th wedding anniversary, and just as we were--he was in a pretty bad mood, anyway. it was during the vietnam war. and afterwards we went upstairs and he just went to bed and left us. and his bedroom, oddly, was right next door to the upstairs living room, the yellow room, and there were some double doors between. and suddenly he came out--we were saying good night to mrs. johnson, and the doors were flung open and he came out and said, 'come here.' and i looked over my shoulder hoping somebody was there, but he was saying it to me. and then he said, 'come here' to abe fortas who was then, i believe, on the supreme court. and we went into his bedroom and the post was lying on the bed and to--a man called tobriner was the chief commissioner in the district--there were still three, but he was kind of like the appointed mayor. and he ha--we had been for him and had backed him, so he was our--from the johnson point o
c-span: lyndon johnson undressed in front of you one night? >> guest: well, that was another quite funny story, because i was at his 34th wedding anniversary, and just as we were--he was in a pretty bad mood, anyway. it was during the vietnam war. and afterwards we went upstairs and he just went to bed and left us. and his bedroom, oddly, was right next door to the upstairs living room, the yellow room, and there were some double doors between. and suddenly he came out--we were saying...
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lyndon johnson would get around this. i don't know that he could operate in this environment today. >> we do tend to romanticize past presidents and presidents. >> i think as we were talking earlier, we're in a different period. and leading in that situation is much tougher today. >> has the communications revolution impacted the practice of politics, presidency and congress? this is a good transition into the post, which we'll talk about in a second. has the world that you and i live in, the evolution and the revolution in communications that we've witnessed over the last 10 years, changed the dynamic politically in washington? >> yes. i mean, i think every major technological change that we've gone through in our history has had an impact on our politics and our journalism. but what's happened over the last 15 years, 20 years, but particularly in the last 10, is a revolution in the way everything operates. we've been moving towards a permanent campaign before the internet was invented, but the internet is an ideal vehic
lyndon johnson would get around this. i don't know that he could operate in this environment today. >> we do tend to romanticize past presidents and presidents. >> i think as we were talking earlier, we're in a different period. and leading in that situation is much tougher today. >> has the communications revolution impacted the practice of politics, presidency and congress? this is a good transition into the post, which we'll talk about in a second. has the world that you...
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it's been a long time since lyndon johnson spoke those words, but i would suspect that many americans would continue to agree with the basic sentiment that he expressed. of course, a lot has changed in the 40 years since medicare was established. one of the things that change is health care has become a lot more propagated. if you're unlucky enough to suffer a heart attack in 1960, there was really only one thing that doctors could do for you then, was prescribed bed rest and painkillers. that treatment strategy we now know is at best ineffective and at worst harmful. fortunately we have a number of new treatments today. the difficulty comes there's an enormous amount of choice in the treatments available. today's heart attack patients have to decide what his or her doctor do i go in for surgery? if so, isn't invasive bypass or less invasive angioplasty? do i avoid surgery instead going pharmaceutical therapy for my condition? all of these choices great complexity and our health insurance. some people are going to want health insurance that provides very focused coverage of a few cond
it's been a long time since lyndon johnson spoke those words, but i would suspect that many americans would continue to agree with the basic sentiment that he expressed. of course, a lot has changed in the 40 years since medicare was established. one of the things that change is health care has become a lot more propagated. if you're unlucky enough to suffer a heart attack in 1960, there was really only one thing that doctors could do for you then, was prescribed bed rest and painkillers. that...
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lyndon johnson didn't sit back in his oval office saying come to me. he found the republicans to help he him get the civil rights bill pushed in '64 and voting rights act passed in '65. >> we are in 2013. the president has invited them to the white house and to dinner. >> he has to do more than that. he has got to do some serious work. >> you cannot negotiate, joe, you can't negotiate with another side that is not willing to give. not only that, you can't negotiate -- >> ronald reagan and bill clinton did. >> you can't negotiate with another side where literally friends of you are calling in terms of senator coburn calling for your potential impeachment. i agree with you, the president reaching out is a great thing and working with republicans is a good thing but let's be honest about who -- >> great presidents are thick-skinned. you've been called names and i have been called names. people are saying things about each of us but leadership is reaching on the other side to get something concrete done for people who unemployed and want immigration passed
lyndon johnson didn't sit back in his oval office saying come to me. he found the republicans to help he him get the civil rights bill pushed in '64 and voting rights act passed in '65. >> we are in 2013. the president has invited them to the white house and to dinner. >> he has to do more than that. he has got to do some serious work. >> you cannot negotiate, joe, you can't negotiate with another side that is not willing to give. not only that, you can't negotiate -- >>...
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and so was lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson had a gargantuan ego. he preferred like-minded people. he liked that kind of practical, bare-bones, hard-knuckle, get-it-done kind of methodology and attitude. as well as being the kind of person -- liked a good drink, liked a good joke, liked a good party. that really welded the two of them together. johnson on the other hand never felt comfortable with dr. king. >> and there was another president in the mix later. richard nixon. who actually brought whitney young into the white house to brief the cabinet. how did that come about? >> exactly. it was a time when the urban league was running out of money because corporate donations were falling off at that point. so also there was a bit of controversy because nixon was not seen as a friend to black people, but the urban agricultural needed some funds, so where were they going to turn at a certain point for these programs to help the poor. so he turned to richard nixon. and nixon brought in the entire cabinet. and as a result of that, they were able to receive quite a bit of money to implem
and so was lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson had a gargantuan ego. he preferred like-minded people. he liked that kind of practical, bare-bones, hard-knuckle, get-it-done kind of methodology and attitude. as well as being the kind of person -- liked a good drink, liked a good joke, liked a good party. that really welded the two of them together. johnson on the other hand never felt comfortable with dr. king. >> and there was another president in the mix later. richard nixon. who actually...
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king's next to jfk or lyndon baines johnson, barack obama is lyndon baines johnson and john kennedy, not frederick douglass but abraham lincoln. the sooner the black community has enough maturity to understand that they can level respectful to critique to the commander-in-chief and president of the united states for not discussing black poverty. he has said he is not president of black america. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody says. we are american citizens advocating an end of policy and the end of racial equality in the end of mass incarceration. when we think of president barack obama we need to go back to what dr. king said in his last speech, the greatness of america lies in the right to protest for right. whoever is in the white house should be someone who is talking about an agenda that upsets african-americans even if that person is the first black president of the united states. [applause] >> good afternoon, great to be here and i too when to julian in the congratulations for organizing this event and allowing us an opportunity to t
king's next to jfk or lyndon baines johnson, barack obama is lyndon baines johnson and john kennedy, not frederick douglass but abraham lincoln. the sooner the black community has enough maturity to understand that they can level respectful to critique to the commander-in-chief and president of the united states for not discussing black poverty. he has said he is not president of black america. i say fine but black americans are american citizens no matter what anybody says. we are american...
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and we all knew that vice president lyndon johnson was a southerner. we were definitely afraid of that. we thought that he would get in, and then everything would be over. >> no memorial or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. >> he told some of his southern friends, we're going to do this. you just be quiet. you just step aside. >> you take names and you kick ass. and there's no sense having power if you don't let your friends know you have it and your enemies know you will use it. >> five hours later, the civil rights act of 1964 is signed at the white house by president johnson. >> lyndon johnson signed it with 75 years. >> when you consider that for 100 years black people had been trying to get civil rights, and after one march on washington, there had been the first important civil rights bill since reconstruction. that was a moment when you made the connection. that march mattered. >> i was standing back on the mall again. barack obam
and we all knew that vice president lyndon johnson was a southerner. we were definitely afraid of that. we thought that he would get in, and then everything would be over. >> no memorial or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. >> he told some of his southern friends, we're going to do this. you just be quiet. you just step aside. >> you take names and you kick ass....
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but for nixon, he and lyndon johnson met several times. and he said, "we had so much to talk about. we had the war in vietnam, we had the russians and nuclear disarmament, all of these great issues to talk about." and he said, "but the first time i got to the white house, one of the first things lyndon johnson did was take me up to the family residence. and he took me into the president's bedroom, and he got down on all fours. he was on his hands and knees." this was the outgoing president of the united states showing the incoming president of the united states underneath the bed. he said johnson lifted the bedspread and he swished his hand underneath the bed, and he was referring to the listening devices that kennedy had installed under the beds. and he said, "dick, they're voice activated." and i said to him, "my god, that must have been an unbelievable scene." and he said, "you know, it really was.'" c-span: we've got another quote we're running out of time. "gergen has no problem prostituting himself. he's sucking up to power, and that's really all he's ever done. he's good, but
but for nixon, he and lyndon johnson met several times. and he said, "we had so much to talk about. we had the war in vietnam, we had the russians and nuclear disarmament, all of these great issues to talk about." and he said, "but the first time i got to the white house, one of the first things lyndon johnson did was take me up to the family residence. and he took me into the president's bedroom, and he got down on all fours. he was on his hands and knees." this was the...
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. >> lyndon johnson's form of political power is that you take names and you kick ass, and there's no sense having tolerance if y tolerance -- power unless you let your friends know you have it and your enemies know you'll use it. >> he signed at the white house by president johnson. >> lyndon johnson signed it with 75 pens. >> when you consider that for 100 years black people had been trying to get rudimentary rights and in one year had the march on washington, there had been the first important civil rights bill since reconstruction. that was when you made the connection. that march mattered. >> i was standing back on the mall again. barack obama was being sworn in as the 44th president of the united states of america. >> preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> i cried the night he was elected, and i cried the day he was sworn in. >> during lunch after the inauguration the president came around. i stood up ask had a little envelope in my pocket. i said will you please sign this?
. >> lyndon johnson's form of political power is that you take names and you kick ass, and there's no sense having tolerance if y tolerance -- power unless you let your friends know you have it and your enemies know you'll use it. >> he signed at the white house by president johnson. >> lyndon johnson signed it with 75 pens. >> when you consider that for 100 years black people had been trying to get rudimentary rights and in one year had the march on washington, there...
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. >>> now, you may recall when president lyndon johnson said if i lost cronkite i lost middle america. that may have happened to bob filner. leaders on both side are calling for his resignation. four hooters restaurants in san diego have posted signs saying they will not serve him. respect for women and a belief that people should have high standards. if he's lost hooters he's lost san diego. >>> speaking of san diego, we're getting a major announcement from what many believe -- consider as the mayor of san diego. >> do you know who i am? >> no. i can't say that i do. >> i don't know how to put this. but, i'm kind of a big deal. >> really? >> people know me. >> ron burgundy is finally writing a memoir the beloved television anchor will write a tell-all. it's due out in november. coincidentally his second movie will be released in december. he feels pretty good about the book -- you got to love ron burgundy. >>> finally, i have to leave you with some food news. the phenomenon of the cronut continues to grow. the canadian national exhibition is now featuring the maple jam cronut. it may
. >>> now, you may recall when president lyndon johnson said if i lost cronkite i lost middle america. that may have happened to bob filner. leaders on both side are calling for his resignation. four hooters restaurants in san diego have posted signs saying they will not serve him. respect for women and a belief that people should have high standards. if he's lost hooters he's lost san diego. >>> speaking of san diego, we're getting a major announcement from what many believe...
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. >> bob, if you're knowledgeable liberal go read what lyndon johnson said about the war on poverty. it wasn't supposed to be long-term entitlem. it was to get people self-sufficient to make it them self-sufficient. not ongoing tax on productive -- >> you can't do it and reward ill behavior. >> c i agree something that happened in 2008? >> jonathan, you happen to be wrong. >> poverty did go down and then it began to rise. in 1996 -- >> it's higher now -- >> shut up a second. jonathan, you got to learn to be quiet and let other people speak. try a little politeness now and then. what i'm trying to say is in 1996, when they tell you, when the law changed and under the clinton administration, the congress was a republican congress. am i correct? >> yes. >> yes. it changed. then poverty again went down. >> we also had a booming economy. >> you have to stop talk and learn no shut your mouth. >> is dr. kerkorian available? >> i want to make two points? would by able to. >> eric: i want you to make a point and i want to point out post officeerty, the recent number, 15n't be 9%. the highest
. >> bob, if you're knowledgeable liberal go read what lyndon johnson said about the war on poverty. it wasn't supposed to be long-term entitlem. it was to get people self-sufficient to make it them self-sufficient. not ongoing tax on productive -- >> you can't do it and reward ill behavior. >> c i agree something that happened in 2008? >> jonathan, you happen to be wrong. >> poverty did go down and then it began to rise. in 1996 -- >> it's higher now --...
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the 1957 civil rights act which lyndon johnson the great texasan help gut and in many ways his actions in 1964 and '65 and our economic issues throughout his presidency was a kind of make good. he was trying to redeem himself from what he had done so the long gather power. president nixon, you're right desegregated a lot of schools. the country has always been at its best when the president was a moral leader, when you could articulate a moral vision of where we should go and when that vision was about opening our arms wider not hugging ourselves more closely. and that i think was the dilemma that faced president kennedy on this date 50 years ago. president kennedy rightly lives brilliantly in memory and chris has forgotten more about this than i know but he was a very cautious, cautious leader. he did not want the march of washington at all. he didn't give dr. king much to hold on the at the end of this afternoon when the cameras were not there, when they were talking over the legislation. so politics is always a provisional enterprise. what's terrific about what has happened as you s
the 1957 civil rights act which lyndon johnson the great texasan help gut and in many ways his actions in 1964 and '65 and our economic issues throughout his presidency was a kind of make good. he was trying to redeem himself from what he had done so the long gather power. president nixon, you're right desegregated a lot of schools. the country has always been at its best when the president was a moral leader, when you could articulate a moral vision of where we should go and when that vision...
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that is one of the great things about lyndon johnson's speech. everybody remembers that he said, "we shall overcome" during the selma march. he said there are times when destiny and freedom come together in a single moment, and that was as it was in appomattox during the civil war, and so it was in selma. johnson is welcoming a black-led movement, from the revolution to the civil war, but to the vanguard of it, a non-violent movement, saying this is showing us what our principlea that is a very, veryd radical mk people want to forget that as much as they want to sanitize martin luther king. tavis: yes. tell us about the 18. you have whittled them down. you picked 18 historical moments that basically turned this country during the civil rights era. i know we cannot go through all of them. my question i guess is how you settled on these 18 monumental moments in our history. >> well, first of all, i have to say that since i had to eliminate 95% of what i wrote, there was a lot of blood on the floor, and it was not easy. what i tried to do was to pic
that is one of the great things about lyndon johnson's speech. everybody remembers that he said, "we shall overcome" during the selma march. he said there are times when destiny and freedom come together in a single moment, and that was as it was in appomattox during the civil war, and so it was in selma. johnson is welcoming a black-led movement, from the revolution to the civil war, but to the vanguard of it, a non-violent movement, saying this is showing us what our principlea that...
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lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the essay she wrote in 2008, there was a sense of exhibits -- exuberance. you say that hope is not optimism that expects things to turn out well. it seems like he confused those two things. >> i will come back to what i write about in the book. the expectations were so great and high. go back to 2008. the back to the election and year when we are fortunate region were fortunate enough to be living with debates that were not cruel reality shows. every week, there were debates among the democratic candidates. barack obama embodied change. it seemed he brought into politics a gener
lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the...
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they they are not the big brawling personalities that you found say in the era of lyndon johnson and before. but they are still interesting. and i think the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. if you think that nobody comes to washington to do any good work whatsoever, that is almost as bad as being stary eyed and thinking they are all here to advance democracy. >> what about that responsibility, i wonder to the extent that a lot of people will think about and come to see washington through fictionalized dramas like yours, do you feel special responsibility? >> the only responsibility like a novelist that i feel is telling a good story. you know it's interesting the notion or the access of cynicism versus optimism. i am not a cynical person. i do not think house of cards is at all cynical. i think understand wood is an optimist. but he has a world view that is different than a lot of ours. he thinks the ideology is a form of cowards that it makes your behavior intractable and that behavior prevents compromise. actually, more often than not he looks for situations where eve
they they are not the big brawling personalities that you found say in the era of lyndon johnson and before. but they are still interesting. and i think the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. if you think that nobody comes to washington to do any good work whatsoever, that is almost as bad as being stary eyed and thinking they are all here to advance democracy. >> what about that responsibility, i wonder to the extent that a lot of people will think about and come to see...
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and then just one year later, under a year, president lyndon johnson signs the civil rights act of 1964, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since reconstruction. and on that day, in that crowd, there was a small group of japanese americans, just 35 people, one was todd indo. good to see you again. >> good to see you, dell. haven't seen you in two days. >> i was going to say you are one of two that are still surviving. this must be a very poignant moment for you. >> it is. the reason i'm here i think is because i'm old and arrive. the japanese/american citizens league was one of the -- the only asian/american group cosponsoring the first march. this march this must have been dozens of asian/american groups, but i was one of 35 in 1963. my mother and i were two of the marchers in that generation, and i was the youngest, so that's probably why i'm here. . >> and for those who may have forgotten and those who need to be reminded. the japanese-americans had a real reason to march on the mall. you were actually in a japanese internment camp, correct? >> that is correct. i was born 23
and then just one year later, under a year, president lyndon johnson signs the civil rights act of 1964, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since reconstruction. and on that day, in that crowd, there was a small group of japanese americans, just 35 people, one was todd indo. good to see you again. >> good to see you, dell. haven't seen you in two days. >> i was going to say you are one of two that are still surviving. this must be a very poignant moment for you. >> it...
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less than one year later president lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act, which outlawed segregation. on saturday, thousands converged on to washington d.c. to commemorate the 30th anniversary -- 50th anniversary of the speech. the rally called for action on jobs, voting rights, and gun violence. >> this is not the time for a nostalgic commemoration, nor is it the time for self congratulatory celebration. the task is not done. the journey is not complete. we can and we must do more. >> speakers paid tribute to civil rights leaders for progress over the past five decades, including barack obama's election as the first u.s. black president. obama is to give a speech on the lincoln memorial on thursday where martin luther king gave his 50 years ago. >> that is all for now. do not go away. >> hello and welcome to the week. coming up, egyptian brothers divided. one supports the muslim brotherhood while the other backs the army. we need the brothers in cairo. lost a generation as 1 million child refugees fleeing the violence in syria. we look of the role of education in improving their liv
less than one year later president lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act, which outlawed segregation. on saturday, thousands converged on to washington d.c. to commemorate the 30th anniversary -- 50th anniversary of the speech. the rally called for action on jobs, voting rights, and gun violence. >> this is not the time for a nostalgic commemoration, nor is it the time for self congratulatory celebration. the task is not done. the journey is not complete. we can and we must do more....
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lyndon johnson, liev schreiber. hmm. and richard nixon played by my buddy june cusack. is the big question, how did the presidents they play come off? how do they behave when the cameras aren't on and how good are they to the help? we'll find out. next up, it's joe biden auto tuned. the vice president of the united states is the latest politico to go viral with his new video by songify the news with darren chris. of "glee." check it out. >> ♪ i have two shot guns at my home ♪ ♪ they're locked in in the safe there's a metal gun case ♪ ♪ we live in an area that's woodeded someone secluded ♪ ♪ i've said jill if there's ever a problem just walk out on the balcony and fire two blasts outside the house ♪ ♪ the shotgun my shotgun ♪ you don't need a machine gun, you don't need 30 rounds ♪ ♪ buy a shotgun buy a double barreled shotgun ♪ >> there you know he's running for president. i wonder if he serenades his wife that way. up next, the republican the democrats would love to knock out of the senate. mitch mcconnell is getting hit from both sides and th
lyndon johnson, liev schreiber. hmm. and richard nixon played by my buddy june cusack. is the big question, how did the presidents they play come off? how do they behave when the cameras aren't on and how good are they to the help? we'll find out. next up, it's joe biden auto tuned. the vice president of the united states is the latest politico to go viral with his new video by songify the news with darren chris. of "glee." check it out. >> ♪ i have two shot guns at my home...
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and it was eight days after that, that lyndon johnson introduced. >> the night he gave that speech, it was the most meaningful speech any american president made in modern time and the whole question of vote rights and civil rights. when he concluded that speech, he said, "and we shall overcome." dr. king cried. i was sitting next to him. i cried. he introduced that deal. and the congress passed it. and 48 years later, the supreme court gutted,. put a dagger in the heart of the voting rights act of 1965. >> schieffer: you know, justice scalia said that provision amounted to a-- these are his two words-- "racial entitlement." >> i was shocked. i was shocked. i couldn't believe that a member of the united states supreme court providing a way, making it possible for people to participate in a democratic process would be described as a racial entitlement. >> schieffer: final question, what do you think martin luther king would say today if he could look at america, see where it was, where we are have come? >> 50 years later, dr. king, if we could speak to us, would say we've made a lot of
and it was eight days after that, that lyndon johnson introduced. >> the night he gave that speech, it was the most meaningful speech any american president made in modern time and the whole question of vote rights and civil rights. when he concluded that speech, he said, "and we shall overcome." dr. king cried. i was sitting next to him. i cried. he introduced that deal. and the congress passed it. and 48 years later, the supreme court gutted,. put a dagger in the heart of the...
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johnson signed the civil rights bill he said democrats have lost the south for generations, probably more than one generation. so i think we look back, some of the egregious violations against african americans in this country have been resolved. but there are lots more, maybe more subtle inequality that continues. and that initial march, i think it was for jobs and freedom, it was also for jobs and justice. and jobs and justice are the two areas where the most disparity exists between whites and blacks. and when we recreate the march next week in washington you will have three presidents there, all democrats. i'm sorry president bush, one of at the present time bushes isn't going to be on that stage because this really shouldn't be a democrat versus republican issue. it's an issue for all americans. >> the question was are we less conscious of race today than in 1963, more conscious of race, or are things about the same. so we're talking about race, not just talking about blacks and lights. so if you're measuring by race as an indication, we're more race conscious today. in 1960 the
johnson signed the civil rights bill he said democrats have lost the south for generations, probably more than one generation. so i think we look back, some of the egregious violations against african americans in this country have been resolved. but there are lots more, maybe more subtle inequality that continues. and that initial march, i think it was for jobs and freedom, it was also for jobs and justice. and jobs and justice are the two areas where the most disparity exists between whites...
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johnson was in the white house. >> yes. >> indeed, okay, we could have a whole conversation about that, but let's get to the matter at hand here. we're talking about reverse mortgages, older americans, and at watching out for people who are older, who don't have a georgia gill don dollars and getted scammed all the time. as a result, losing money. how often is a scam artist caught. and >> well that's a good question because we believe there is a serious lack of reporting of these kinds of scams. seniors feel embarrassed that they've been taken. many times the people that are running the scam are relatives or someone in the family, and they are, the victim is worried about reporting to the police, they know that this kind of fraud anlingofmoney should stop, but they don't want their loved one to go , so to your question, there's obviously very serious problem, but we need to open up, we need people to speak up and speak out and make reports. so that we understand better what the whole sculpt of the problem is. >> we talk about this generation of people who like maybe now in the 80s and
johnson was in the white house. >> yes. >> indeed, okay, we could have a whole conversation about that, but let's get to the matter at hand here. we're talking about reverse mortgages, older americans, and at watching out for people who are older, who don't have a georgia gill don dollars and getted scammed all the time. as a result, losing money. how often is a scam artist caught. and >> well that's a good question because we believe there is a serious lack of reporting of...
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johnson wing behind it, they were pushing the administration to support substantive identified legislation. so things that were being articulated were very, very clear. what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind. so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far, we have so far yet to go. we've done so much. there's so much yet to do. but when you left the march on saturday, which i did, you didn't leave the march understanding what you were supposed to support specifically. >> and something to bring up speaking about what you don't know to support there is a specific map that is using the 2010 census bureau. if we can bring that up. and what it shows is this racial divide that is still in the country. it is split down the line on this map in a very physical way. so my question to you is where do race relations stand in the u.s. and what are the top thing that is need to be fixed? >> well, i think part of the answer to that question is depends on where you look for your answer. for example, i hav
johnson wing behind it, they were pushing the administration to support substantive identified legislation. so things that were being articulated were very, very clear. what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind. so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far, we have so far yet to go. we've done so much. there's so much yet to do. but when you left the march on saturday, which i did, you didn't...
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johnson being behind it they were they were they were pushing the administration to to support substantive identified legislation so things were that were being articulated were very very clear what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far we have so far yet to go we've done so much there's so much you had to do but when you left the march on saturday which i did you didn't leave the march understanding what you were supposed to support specifically and something that i do want to bring up speaking of what you don't know what to support and there is a specific map that came out that is using the two thousand and ten census bureau if we can go ahead and bring that map out and what it shows is it shows this racial divide that is still in the country i mean it is split down the line on this map in a very physical way so my question to you is where do race relations stand in the u.s. and what are the top things that need to be fixed well i think part of
johnson being behind it they were they were they were pushing the administration to to support substantive identified legislation so things were that were being articulated were very very clear what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far we have so far yet to go we've done so much there's so much you had to do but when you left the march on saturday...
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lyndon johnson organizes a press conference to tanker off the national television because he said who is that exposing the lack of democracy in the united states so the contradiction that you could have a black president at the united states and to get at 841,000 black males in jail that is not a contradiction, that is part and parcel of how american democracy has always worked. with the civil rights movement did and the power movement did work multiracial progressives tried to do is transformed democracy and say there's a different way for the democracy to work. it doesn't have to work by condemning black people or by denying racism. the further we deny racial discrimination in the country and institutional racism and slavery the worse it grows like a cancer and a tumor of our body politic. the further we confront the racial discrimination and institute institutional racism the more we are left confused about the outcome. how come there are so many few black people? beebee they don't like to work. maybe it's not about the industrialization are institutionalized discrimination. it's n
lyndon johnson organizes a press conference to tanker off the national television because he said who is that exposing the lack of democracy in the united states so the contradiction that you could have a black president at the united states and to get at 841,000 black males in jail that is not a contradiction, that is part and parcel of how american democracy has always worked. with the civil rights movement did and the power movement did work multiracial progressives tried to do is...
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>> lyndon baines johnson. we heard great inspiration and analysis, frankly from the president, then president obama took us too another level, but today from looking in the rear-view mirror, our challenge today is out the windshield. the appropriation legislation, and civil rights enforcement. we're inspired now, but we're still unemployed, and there's no plan to employ them. they're still there. so 9 challenge to in fact end the laws revive revive the war on poverty, these require investment. i hope our government will respond to the dream speech in that way. >> i want to know, though, what's going on in your heart 50 years later, as you heard that speech of the you're one of the beth speech i ever heard was 1988 at the democratic national convention. i listened to that speech. i am somebody. >> well, it really started here f. we had tents out here on resurrection city and i had been asked to be the mayor by reverend abernathy. that morning, you know, spirits were low, dr. king had been killed. robert kennedy
>> lyndon baines johnson. we heard great inspiration and analysis, frankly from the president, then president obama took us too another level, but today from looking in the rear-view mirror, our challenge today is out the windshield. the appropriation legislation, and civil rights enforcement. we're inspired now, but we're still unemployed, and there's no plan to employ them. they're still there. so 9 challenge to in fact end the laws revive revive the war on poverty, these require...
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. >> but you have to remember, and i think lyndon johnson said it, if two people agree on everything, one is unnecessary. it's good to have a good disagreement. that's how we got to the constitution -- >> lots of disagreements over immigration reform. we heard donald trump say passing it would be death for the republican party. and president obama spoke out on that on friday on friday as well, making this claim. >> i'm absolutely confident if the bill was on the floor of the house, it would pass. the problem is internal republican caucus politics. >> which means that the senate bill, unlikely to reach the floor of the house of representatives. >> and if it did, it wouldn't pass. >> it's unconstitutional, it goes back. >> what republicans are hearing, the new york times which wants the republican party to go away, saying that if only they would pass immigration reform, it would prosper. there's a dissonance there republicans don't like. i'm much more sympathetic to immigration reform than most republicans are, but how many of your members, probably none, face electoral defeat if they o
. >> but you have to remember, and i think lyndon johnson said it, if two people agree on everything, one is unnecessary. it's good to have a good disagreement. that's how we got to the constitution -- >> lots of disagreements over immigration reform. we heard donald trump say passing it would be death for the republican party. and president obama spoke out on that on friday on friday as well, making this claim. >> i'm absolutely confident if the bill was on the floor of the...
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lyndon johnson. public combination bill, lyndon johnson. [inaudible] 92 pieces of legislation, lyndon johnson. no one can compare with what happened, the speech was a part of the rhythm of the season. and there were more or less people somewhere -- [inaudible]. and so it's important that we always look about some of people who made this possible. my last point is that the dream of 63 was not the dream of 68. our last staff meeting called -- saturday morning, [inaudible]. most of us are committed to something on saturday, on a friday afternoon. if we can't make it, we're busy. so we went out to catch a 7:00 playing and we missed the plane. we just missed the plane. he said i knew it. 7:25, catch that one. so we can get a meeting. and dr. king said, i've had a tough week, said that -- [inaudible] thought about quitting. i've been having a migraine headache all week. i've been hurting. my friends have turned against me because of my position on the war. some of my board members are released to the press about my position on the war. black peop
lyndon johnson. public combination bill, lyndon johnson. [inaudible] 92 pieces of legislation, lyndon johnson. no one can compare with what happened, the speech was a part of the rhythm of the season. and there were more or less people somewhere -- [inaudible]. and so it's important that we always look about some of people who made this possible. my last point is that the dream of 63 was not the dream of 68. our last staff meeting called -- saturday morning, [inaudible]. most of us are...
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his successor lyndon johnson did, enjoying the boone that jfk predicted. to investor, wilbur ross said that remember the other significant story sandwiched in between. people forget it. >> they do. i can't imagine why, but they do. neil: you know, amazing is that kennedy had a fight on his hand with liberals in his party. but he was in the pro serves cobbling together enough support that was realized by a successor. but it was an uphill fight. >> in those days there were more moderates in the congress. now there is an extreme polarization, that makes it more difficult to det compromise through. neil: i was looking at deficit, 12 billion-dollars. but, the idea that you could grow your way out of this, rather than just cut our way out. today, we have both grow and cut. what do we do? >> i do think that tax moderation would be a good part of the solution, it is significant to note that european union, not a very right wing group, has told france, they can't raise more taxes. they want them actual to make spending cuts. most extraordinary thing to have eu tell
his successor lyndon johnson did, enjoying the boone that jfk predicted. to investor, wilbur ross said that remember the other significant story sandwiched in between. people forget it. >> they do. i can't imagine why, but they do. neil: you know, amazing is that kennedy had a fight on his hand with liberals in his party. but he was in the pro serves cobbling together enough support that was realized by a successor. but it was an uphill fight. >> in those days there were more...
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lyndon johnson faked the moon landing? i've talkede cia, lbj. to agents who were there. they tell me things, th-th-the tr-- the truth about what happened that day. danny think the same way? he said it was the scientists who made it happen. without them, the eagle ver would have landed. seth, the broadcast about the eagle landing happened the day danny died. if he said that, it means you saw him that day. three of you were with him when hlaunched the rocket. the chestnut hill rocket boys. i know what you're trying to do. y-you're trying to get me to say that i, i see danny. but he's gone. i-i know that. but you still see him sometimes? they say it's the disease. it, it, it makes me believe things that aren't true. vera: who's "they"? chuck and bobby? seth, you talk to them lately? your friends when you were 12. how many of them do you still talk to? vera: guy gives new meaning to the word "certifiable." keep pushing, we'll never get a straight story out of him. just lock up under pressure. stick a tail on him, see what he does, where he goes. believe his rap about not tal
lyndon johnson faked the moon landing? i've talkede cia, lbj. to agents who were there. they tell me things, th-th-the tr-- the truth about what happened that day. danny think the same way? he said it was the scientists who made it happen. without them, the eagle ver would have landed. seth, the broadcast about the eagle landing happened the day danny died. if he said that, it means you saw him that day. three of you were with him when hlaunched the rocket. the chestnut hill rocket boys. i know...
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and the words his campaign used to criticize policies later showed up in one of president's lyndon johnson's campaign ads. >> governor scranton, the day before the convention he called goldwaterism a "crazy quilt collection of absurd and dangerous positions." scranton's campaign was a lost cause. goldwater had the votes already, he won the nomination and then he lost in the landslide to lbj in november. scranton went back to pennsylvania, finished up his term and never ran for office again. years later he said of his brief presidency run, i ran primarily out of concern for the future of the parbty. republicans were being portrayed as white supremacy party and that really threw me off. it was so contrary to the party's record. it hastened the demise with conservative white southerners where harry bird jr. came in. his father had the most powerful organization in virginia. elected to the senate with fdr in 1932 and later received 15 electoral votes in the 1960 election as a protest against jfk's civil rights policies. when byrd resigned from the senate due to his poor health in 1965 his son, y
and the words his campaign used to criticize policies later showed up in one of president's lyndon johnson's campaign ads. >> governor scranton, the day before the convention he called goldwaterism a "crazy quilt collection of absurd and dangerous positions." scranton's campaign was a lost cause. goldwater had the votes already, he won the nomination and then he lost in the landslide to lbj in november. scranton went back to pennsylvania, finished up his term and never ran for...
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. >> reporter: lyndon johnson picked his animal up by the ears. some like teddy roosevelt turned the white house into a zoo with a wider range of animals and wilson used sheep to trim the white house lawn during world war i. in honor of the new pooch the white house says the obamas have made a donation to the washington humane society. chris? kate? >> athena, thanks so much. hmm. zebras at the white house, that's what's next. >> i like the sheep, that's back in vogue. >> what's gold is always good. >> you covered d.c. and know all the people, there's all this support stuff going on and you're talking about dogs? >> why not? >> we love our dogs! i love that bowe, that's the pc culture. bo wasn't getting enough dog interaction. >> they're sad when they don't have a pal. >> the one question that gets the most when you come across the kid at the white house is have you met bo? i've come across bo. bo has a handler. >> of course he does. >> you don't handle bo until you're invited. >> who strangely doesn't count as interaction. he has a handler but it'
. >> reporter: lyndon johnson picked his animal up by the ears. some like teddy roosevelt turned the white house into a zoo with a wider range of animals and wilson used sheep to trim the white house lawn during world war i. in honor of the new pooch the white house says the obamas have made a donation to the washington humane society. chris? kate? >> athena, thanks so much. hmm. zebras at the white house, that's what's next. >> i like the sheep, that's back in vogue. >>...
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i tell you one of the things that really stunned me was the portrayal of lyndon johnson and the fact that he actually of all the presidents could well lay claim to have had the greatest influence potentially on the civil rights movement besides the fact he comes out quite indiscriminately with quite racist remarks from time to time. >> sure. that was one of the key portrayals of the all the presidents was how they behaved in their personal life was sometimes in complete odds with their policy issues. with lbj, he was a texan through and through. when he was in the senate, he was extremely detrimental and would block civil rights bills. but when he got into the presidency, he felt he could show his true colors on these issues and ended up being a huge advocate, one of the greatest in the history of this nation, for civil rights. >> lee daniels, obviously oprah is great in the movie. she's great at everything, she's oprah. and there you have a scene with obama and you could perhaps lay claim that oprah, the most powerful woman in the world, barack obama, the most powerful african-ameri
i tell you one of the things that really stunned me was the portrayal of lyndon johnson and the fact that he actually of all the presidents could well lay claim to have had the greatest influence potentially on the civil rights movement besides the fact he comes out quite indiscriminately with quite racist remarks from time to time. >> sure. that was one of the key portrayals of the all the presidents was how they behaved in their personal life was sometimes in complete odds with their...